Sapulpa Showcase (March 2019)

3/1/2019

Artifact of the month:

Coca-Cola bottles of the 1910s and 1920s. The initials on the bottle are W C S (Willis C. Strange). Strange was the manager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Sapulpa. Strange would also later become Sheriff of Creek County.

4 Comments

Edwina Strange Rolison

4/5/2020 10:16:56 am

This is my grandfather. My father was John Crawford Strange. My grandfather died just before I turned 3 years old so I don’t remember him well but I do remember my grandmother Mildred Lindsey Strange. Lindsey is my given middle name. I came across this as I was looking into Willis Strange’s term as sheriff. Thank you for posting this.

Sapulpa Historical Society

4/5/2020 12:36:04 pm

You are very welcome! Here's something we thought was funny - we came across the bottles with W C S on them and we didnt know if this was a glass company we never heard of! So we did some research and still couldn't find W C S glass company. Then we looked at the glass plants we did have, and under Coca Cola, the manager's name appeared - Willis C Strange! And we knew the name because we were also researching Sherriffs (and all law enforcement) and we were blown away!

Edwina Rolison

4/6/2020 02:23:28 am

I have some of my grandfathers cards that he handed out for votes. I’m not sure how to post pictures here but wouldn’t mind sending you one from when he ran for sheriff and for re-election as sheriff as I have several.

Sapulpa Historical Society

4/6/2020 09:27:07 am

We would love a picture of the cards! Here is our email address and you can send an image there: sapulpahistsoc@tulsacoxmail.com

Thank you very much!

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Sapulpa Showcase (March 2019)

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